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The KY
United Kingdom6252 Posts
Please. Half of the US calls for Assange's arrest or head on a platter, and by total coincidence at the same time a Swedish rape case turns up, hosting websites across the globe start dropping Wikileaks, banks and credit companies terminate Assange's accounts, Australia distance themselves from their own citizen, countries that offered asylum withdraw it. Yeah, I'm sure the US government applied no pressure at all to get any of these. | ||
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
such open abuse of power sickens me. cant believe this is really happening(plus all the stuff over the last few days/weeks). sounds like one of those movies where guy X finds out Y and the evil cold system does evrything to kill him. Members of the United States Congress reacted with fury at WikiLeaks on Sunday, calling on the group to be designated a "Foreign Terrorist Organisation" and urging the United States government to pursue a prosecution. lol. so spouting lies and shitting on people and their rights is cool . but telling people the truth is a terrorist act. what a world... | ||
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decemvre
Romania639 Posts
On December 07 2010 22:16 The KY wrote: Please. Half of the US calls for Assange's arrest or head on a platter, and by total coincidence at the same time a Swedish rape case turns up, hosting websites across the globe start dropping Wikileaks, banks and credit companies terminate Assange's accounts, Australia distance themselves from their own citizen, countries that offered asylum withdraw it. Yeah, I'm sure the US government applied no pressure at all to get any of these. Its true. Almost all international companies have dropped support for Wikileaks. Paypal banned their account so they cannot get donations. The bank seized Assange's account for no reason. The US did nothing i'm sure. Wikileaks is being helped by the Pirate Party in Sweden at the moment. | ||
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Kishkumen
United States650 Posts
On December 07 2010 22:16 decemberTV wrote: The prosecutors in Sweden know damn well that they cannot get a European Arrest Warrant for something thats only a crime in Sweden and not in the UK. Still they are trying to do it for what ? 500 euros fine ? Seriously ? Don't you think that the swedish prosecutors are a little overzealous over something so small ? I know very little about Swedish law, since it's not exactly a necessary topic for me to live my life. I don't think we have all the facts in this case, so I think it's wrong to just jump to the assumption that he's innocent. And if he is innocent, I'm pretty confident that he'll go free and whoever is trying to smear him will just look stupid and incompetent. It will be ridiculously hard to send Assange to jail on anything short of a very solid conviction because the entire world will be watching how this plays out. There is no way he'll become a political prisoner in Sweden of all countries. | ||
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Grumbels
Netherlands7032 Posts
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Cpt.beefy
Ireland799 Posts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11935539 4chan.org wakes-up! Ohshitohshitohshit!! Things just got serious! | ||
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sammler
United Kingdom381 Posts
"The thing evidently, as Mr. Sammler was beginning to grasp, consisted in obtaining the privileges, and the free ways of barbarism, under the protection of civilised order, property rights. and refined technological organisation." | ||
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Eventh
Norway45 Posts
On December 07 2010 22:25 Kishkumen wrote:I think it's wrong to just jump to the assumption that he's innocent. And if he is innocent, I'm pretty confident that he'll go free and whoever is trying to smear him will just look stupid and incompetent. It will be ridiculously hard to send Assange to jail on anything short of a very solid conviction If one takes the time to educate oneself on the case, it becomes very hard not to assume he is innocent: http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/02/when-it-comes-to-assange-r-pe-case-the-swedes-are-making-it-up-as-they-go-along/ It isn't just about smearing him, he can end up spending years in jail while trying to defend himself. Hopefully someone Swedish can give details, but if Sweden is anything like Norway you can easily spend more than a year in jail waiting for your trial if the police wants it. | ||
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McDonalds
Liechtenstein2244 Posts
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hifriend
China7935 Posts
On December 07 2010 21:15 Bosu wrote: I have troubles understanding why everyone supports everything wikileaks. I think a lot of stuff they have leaked is fantastic. Videos of people being killed in Iraq, shady corporate practices. However, with the latest diplomatic cables leaks I honestly think it is going too far. There are a lot of things in the diplomatic cables that have no reason to be leaked. There is some information that should be kept private and not released. I don't see how diplomats from the US and other countries feelings towards other countries is wrong or shows corruption. Why wouldn't the leaders of various countries talk to each other about how they feel and what they think about other countries. Of course, what he has been arrested for is total nonsense. Oh I thought the cables was an excellent leak. Especially interesting how it turns out swedish officials have been aiding the U.S. in spying on our citizens as part of the war against imaginary enemies, and in fact the swedes were the ones insisting on keeping it secret to general public. I mean the 99% majority of swedes would never condone some of the bullshit that apparently is happening. It's about time politicians, diplomats and any executive officers realise they can't do whatever the fuck they please. | ||
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Tianx
United States1196 Posts
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Eventh
Norway45 Posts
On December 07 2010 22:41 Tianx wrote: This is like Al Capone's getting caught for tax evasion if you take all the smart things and make them stupid It is nothing like that at all. Al Capone was a criminal, and committed the crime of tax evasion. Julian Assange is a journalist, has committed no crime and is no criminal. | ||
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Tianx
United States1196 Posts
On December 07 2010 22:43 Eventh wrote: It is nothing like that at all. Al Capone was a criminal, and committed the crime of tax evasion. Julian Assange is a journalist, has committed no crime and is no criminal. That was the point. | ||
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ondik
Czech Republic2908 Posts
On December 07 2010 22:26 Cpt.beefy wrote: Wikileaks defended by hacktivists: ie 4chan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11935539 4chan.org wakes-up! Ohshitohshitohshit!! Things just got serious! oh man, if 4chan gets involved.. god bless America. | ||
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Eventh
Norway45 Posts
Sorry, English isn't my first language so I did not understand the last part of your sentence  | ||
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Jaw
United States274 Posts
SOMETHING DON"T SMELL RIGHT HERE. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/assange-rape-accuser-cia-ties/ | ||
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The KY
United Kingdom6252 Posts
On December 07 2010 22:47 ondik wrote: oh man, if 4chan gets involved.. god bless America. Like they can do anything except unsuccessfully DDoS websites. | ||
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VIB
Brazil3567 Posts
On December 07 2010 22:49 jaw wrote: Haha, didn't know that. From a comment on that blog:the girls he raped... are linked with the CIA... SOMETHING DON"T SMELL RIGHT HERE. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/assange-rape-accuser-cia-ties/ "Sex by surprise"?! Did she accidentally trip and fall on his penis? In case someone doesn't know. The name of what he's being officially being accused of is "sex by surprise". Don't know what that is? Well neither does his swedish lawyer who studied swedish law. It's just made up to hide what they're really doing. | ||
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McDonalds
Liechtenstein2244 Posts
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
On December 07 2010 22:48 Eventh wrote: Sorry, English isn't my first language so I did not understand the last part of your sentence English is my first language and I barely understood it, don't feel too bad. Anyway, this is quite a spectacle. I hope it reaches court quickly and is resolved in transparent manner. It's been interesting to see this whole thing shed light on certain truths - not just through the leak itself but people's reactions have been very illuminating. | ||
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